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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by zerr on Saturday August 18, 2018 @03:07PM (#17790051)
The problem is getting a tenure position - with all these nepotism, protectionism, elitism of academic world.
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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by PAClearner on Saturday August 18, 2018 @03:24PM (#17790116)
meh as a baby academic I am not convinced that the nepotism protectionism elitism of academia are markedly higher than the 'real world'
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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by Nasrudith on Saturday August 18, 2018 @11:56PM (#17792482)
The big difference is the workplace variety. You can work at start ups, small businesses, mid-sized companies, or mega-corporate, or even government jobs. It isn't that they don't exist there but that it is easier to escape certain types of it.
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